Robot geeks, check out Botjunkie, or as a starter, Fast Companys great line up of Boston Dynamics amazing running, walking, climbing ’terminators’. Cool stuff. I’m gonna buy one of these guys asap. Maybe the RHex on the video below who seems to be the perfect role model and buddy for my Husquarna AutoMower®.
One of my colleagues circulated a series of 70′s Trabant commercials. Watching them with both amazement and ostalgia, I realised that I’d almost forgotten about this automotive impossibility which survived more than thirty years. Including most of its strange signature features. 15 years delivery time. Under-the-hood, fast refuelling. Its funny two-stroke sound. Its signature 50 meter smoke tail dragging behind it. And not to forget, the innovative body work in Duroplast composite (which unfortunately wasn’t really water resistant). But even more fascinating is how more than three million of these things were put together – finished off with both passion and frustration. Have a look, and rediscover that superior product finish is nothing but a matter of creative craftsmanship and a willing heart.
Governmental health care communication can be boring, finger-wagging and just a bit too lecturing. The result is that we don’t listen! So how do you get in touch with huge part of your target audience, engage them to listen and help spreading your message at viral speed? Here is a good example – it’s fun, entertaining, and works on your iPhone, too! Click below to get the first (and fun) part. But you only get the full message by going to Computertan.com to get the sad end of the story. Anyway, if you think you’re just a click away from getting the perfect tan online (like an unnamed colleague of mine here at the Copenhagen office did) you’ll be surprised.
“What am I supposed to do with this thing?,” I asked myself while washing my hands and staring at a Hygiene Monitor. Apparently it is there to improve the airport toilet experience. I couldn’t help smiling, expecting some kind of service value moment to happen. But it just sat there…counting the minutes until next cleaning round. A lot of gear and very little substance. Over-designed and over-conceptualised? Mistake or innovation? You decide. Anyhow, I’d swop this monitor thing with a an organic wall, a SANIFAIR solution or simply maximise customer experience at security checkpoints instead.
Know road heating? That stuff has been around for about 30 years without really taking off. Bum heating in urban spaces will definitely make it big. This massive, concrete bench with built-in bum heating and internet access, and a halo found downtown Umeå, Sweden documents this trend. I guess the purpose is to get a couple of people out on the streets when it is minus 20°C and dark at 3PM. Cool thing but someone told me that each bench consumes the same amount of energy as a family home. You might want erect a wind mill beside it to get heated in a sustainable way.
The other day I saw this sign in downtown Aarhus. It might be interesting for Novo Nordisk to know that an ice cream maker in Aarhus made a new cure againt diabetes…
By the way – this photo is taken with the new iPhone 3G
If you’re fed up with your Hummer, Segway, monowheel, fixie, wakeboard or whatever your means of commuting you prefer – switch to BigDog. This beast beats ‘em all. It hit the news this week because of the attention it’s attracting on YouTube. Watch the video and you’ll see why.
The US military has invested millions in creating this robot with characteristics of people, dogs and horses. Although it’s designed to help troops transport heavy loads in tough terrain, the general public is expected to be able to buy it soon.
Could this be the next trend in commuting? It’ll guarantee you an extraordinary ride to work. And it’s a breakthrough in parking, driving your kids around and getting your shopping bags home. Amazing work from Big Dog’s designers at Boston Dynamics. I think it’s got potential…even if it looks a bit odd!
An American guy has designed a pair of glasses …. that you pierce onto your nose. Not everyone’s thing. But top marks for creative thinking!
True innovation lies in thinking as a non-conformist and beyond any moralistic barrier. Like this dude did. You’ve got to wear your glasses every day, so why not pierce them onto your nose? That’s what James Sooy’s did and why not?
You might not like it, but all true innovators in history were seen as either weirdo’s or freaks at the start. Bell, Einstein, Gates and many more.
Today the world is increasingly narrowing down and trying to put everyone into a stream which is laid out and doesn’t give room for the ‘weirdo’s and freaks’. This is my call for being silly and coming up with cool new stuff which is not broken down by mainstream thoughts!
